μή mḗ

Meaning

(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expects an affirmative one)) whether

In the King James Version: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without

Derivation: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expresses an absolute denial);

Where it is used

• John 18:25 Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
• John 18:28 Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
• John 18:30 “If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”
• John 18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”
• John 18:40 “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
• John 19:11 Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
• John 19:15 At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.
• John 19:21 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but only that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”
• John 19:24 So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.
• John 19:31 It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
• John 20:17 “Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• John 20:25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”
• John 20:27 Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”
• John 20:29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
• John 21:5 So He called out to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” “No,” they answered.
• Acts 1:4 And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.
• Acts 1:20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
• Acts 2:25 David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
• Acts 3:23 Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’
• Acts 4:17 But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
• Acts 4:18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
• Acts 4:20 For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
• Acts 5:7 About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.
• Acts 5:26 At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
• Acts 5:28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
• Acts 5:39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
• Acts 5:40 At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
• Acts 7:19 He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
• Acts 7:28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
• Acts 7:42 But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
• Acts 7:60 Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• Acts 8:31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
• Acts 9:9 For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.
• Acts 9:26 When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
• Acts 9:38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”
• Acts 10:15 The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
• Acts 10:47 “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
• Acts 11:9 But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
• Acts 11:19 Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
• Acts 12:19 After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
• Acts 13:11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
• Acts 13:40 Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:
• Acts 13:41 ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
• Acts 14:18 Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
• Acts 15:1 Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
• Acts 15:19 It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
• Acts 15:38 But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
• Acts 17:6 But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
• Acts 18:9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
• Acts 19:31 Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.
• Acts 20:10 But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”
• Acts 20:16 Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
• Acts 20:20 I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
• Acts 20:22 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
• Acts 20:27 For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
• Acts 20:29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
• Acts 21:4 We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
• Acts 21:12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
• Acts 21:14 When he would not be dissuaded, we quieted down and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
• Acts 21:21 But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.